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Donald Trump: “I pardoned a lot of people, but they've all been well…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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'He's A Killer, Would You Believe It?': Trump Remarks On Army Secretary Dan Driscoll

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

Sir, would you give a pardon to 19 soldiers? Why? Why? Well, they killed a lot of people. They were trained to kill, and that's what they did. And I pardoned a lot of people, but they've all been well behaved. Right. Okay, good. Otherwise it'll be a big story. Trump shouldn't have let him go, but I'm blaming you, Pete. Okay, but he was very successful, actually, on television. (00:24–00:28)

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